With roots in public service journalism beginning in 1973, the PBS NewsHour today is on a mission to bring balanced, in-depth news coverage to all. Innovative and fast-paced, life at the NewsHour is focused on collaboration, trust, and above all, enterprising important, considered news. NewsHour is unique in that the team is small and tight-knit, and must accomplish what no other daily news organization does: be the gold-standard of reporting for a nightly, hour-long broadcast, and to crucial digital platforms.

You’ll enjoy working at the NewsHour if you enjoy contributing to meaningful reporting, working on small teams in which your ideas are not just valued but vital, and pushing yourself to grow your skills every day.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The PBS NewsHour is opening a new bureau outside of its headquarters in Washington, D.C., to serve as a western-based reporting hub and a production center for an updated nightly broadcast. The new “PBS NewsHour West” team will emphasize reporting on news and feature stories especially from the western part of the country, contributing to the national broadcast and its associated digital platforms. It will also lead an updated nightly broadcast for the Pacific Time zone feeds with late breaking news and developments.

You’ll be our West Coast team lead working from 2:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST- managing breaking and day-of news for our website. You and the News Editor will work closely on the handoff of the NewsHour website management. You’ll also be pitching ideas for day of and long-term stories that serve a West Coast audience.

This role could be based at the PBS NewsHour’s West Coast bureau in Phoenix, AZ, the home studio in Arlington, VA.

YOUR FIRST 90 DAYS

You’ll get to know your team and the wider organization, and how each group functions independently as well as part of the whole. You’ll establish key relationships with your peers, both in Arizona and at the home studio. You’ll contribute to enterprising and breaking news, features, and analysis reporting for the website starting on day one, and by day 30 you can expect to see your bylines on a variety of digital platforms.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

You are regularly contributing to both breaking and longer-form, in-depth news reporting. You bring a vibrancy and terrific ideas to pitch meetings. You get kudos from not only your immediate team, but from others throughout the organization for your ability to connect as well as to get the job done. You’ve developed trust with executive leadership. And you have grown your own skills and can point to evidence in your improved reporting.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

You possess:

Impeccable news judgement.

Ingrained editorial integrity.

A knack for pitching irresistible stories.

Drive to work independently, but understanding of when to work collaboratively.

PBS NewsHour is a wholly-owned, non-profit subsidiary of WETA. For a full job description or to apply through our online application, please click here to be directed to the careers page at WETA. To confirm that a WETA or PBS NewsHour job posting is under recruitment, please visit our websites for our current job postings list: www.weta.org and www.pbs.org/newshour/.

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